PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS VII — DOMINE DEVS MEVS

O Lord My God, In Thee Have I Trusted

Domine Deus meus in te speravi is a protestation of innocence and appeal to God as righteous judge against false accusation. In the 1962 Breviary it appears at Monday Matins. St. Augustine emphasizes that the psalmist does not claim sinlessness, but innocence of the specific charges.

LATINE
Domine, Deus meus, in te speravi: salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me.
Nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam, dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.
Domine, Deus meus, si feci istud, si est iniquitas in manibus meis:
Si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala, decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis.
Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat, et conculcet in terra vitam meam, et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat.
Exsurge, Domine, in ira tua: et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum.
Et exsurge, Domine, Deus meus, in praecepto quod mandasti: et synagoga populorum circumdabit te.
Dominus iudicat populos. Iudica me, Domine, secundum iustitiam meam, et secundum innocentiam meam super me.
ENGLISH
O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies.
And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded: and a congregation of people shall surround thee.
The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
NOTA
FONS
Douay-Rheims (1609) / Vulgata
USUS
Matins, Against false accusation
CONTEXT
A protestation of innocence that can only be made in union with Christ, the truly innocent one.